Cabinet adopts resolution condemning Peshawar attack

• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired Federal Cabinet meeting
• Cabinet adopts resolution condemning Peshawar suicide attack
• The cabinet stressed on national unity against terrorists

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the federal cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the suicide attack in a mosque in Peshawar.

The cabinet further stressed upon the need for promotion of national unity, solidarity, and raising of cohesive voice by all the political forces of the country against terrorists.

It called upon all the political forces to shun their political divide and grievances and express unity for the interests of the country and its people and unanimously converge on agenda for elimination of terrorism, so that requirements of the national security, solidarity, peace and economy could be protected in an effective manner.

The cabinet representing the people of Pakistan and their elected government, condemned in the strongest terms, the terrorist incident at Peshawar Police Lines of January 30 and expressed condolences and sympathies with the bereaved families.

“The entire nation shares the grief of the bereaved families,” PM Office Media Wing said in a statement.

The cabinet also prayed for the high ranks of the martyrs and for their families to bear the losses with fortitude. It also prayed for the early recovery of the injured people.

The federal cabinet also made it clear that those could neither be the Muslims who targeted fellow Muslims at place of worship nor deserved to be called human beings.

The cabinet expressed that such like incidents were openly against the tenets of Islam and ‘Haram’ under the teachings of the Holy Quran and Sunnah and the unanimous opinion of learned religious scholars.

The cabinet also expressed the resolve to eradicate all forms of terrorism and ensure the protection of the lives and properties of the public. They also expressed that the blood of the Pakistanis would be accounted for.

It was also decided to carry out restructuring of the police force and counter-terrorism department in of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, besides provision of quality training, and providing latest weapons and necessary related gadgets to avert the occurrence of such incidents in the future.

The prime minister also expressed his gratitude to the Chinese president and premier for expressing solidarity with Pakistan.

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